July 17, 2007

Shadow Priest – Best damage gear for PvP or PvE…

This is a listing of items that will best-suit your shadow priest in both PvP and Pve. The main factor these items are judged by is how much + spell/shadow damage they will give your character. My older posts about shadow priests can be found here:

Let’s cut to the chase; here is the BEST set of gear you can get for spell damage as a shadow priest!

Google Spreadsheet (listing all items ranked by spell/shadow damage rating as well as my recommended combination)

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Screenshot (showing my recommended set with the best damage gear)

You can use the Google spreadsheet to make your own set by copying and pasting items from the left tables into the conversion table on the right. The screenshot shows my recommendations for the top damage gear your priest can get. This table does NOT account for enchantments, gems, or imbuements. The listed stats are the base stats I got from WoWhead and Thottbot between July 10 – July 17, 2007 and I’m sure they’ll become outdated within a patch or two, or perhaps another expansion in the future.

Some of these items are extremely hard to get, but they are the best of the best! I will link to the top three to four items in each slot by category (PvP, Drop, Vendor, Crafted) where applicable. I have also tried to provide the most accurate cost, reputation, and drop rate information possible.

There you have it! These are some of the top ranked items in Warcraft, ranked by spell/shadow damage. I hope this helps you decide which items to get for YOUR set! Please leave your questions and comments below! =)

Thanks for the comment. WoW is always evolving and new gear is discovered on a weekly basis. That is why I’ve had 2 updates to my initial “best gear” posts. It would seem that another one is due soon. Unfortunately, I’ve been less than motivated since this takes such a long time to gather and present in a nice layout when I no longer play World of Warcraft.

PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I really appreciate it buddy. Wish there was more info in summary form out there. WAY TOO MANY options and I need serious opinions on what the BEST Priest melting gear is. I wanna dominate !!!!!

Flame on. KNOW YOUR CLASS. Yes shadow priests only need 76 hit rating talented… But come on, for every 25 hit rating after you hit 76 you can take a point out of Shadow Focus and put it somewhere else. You can have 5 points in Shadow Focus, 5×25(hit rating)=175 plus the 76 that’s needed equals 201 hit rating. So yes 200+ hit rating is a beautiful thing for a Shadow Priest to have. That’s five valuable points that can be spent somewhere else. Flame off.